Megaport Limits and Quotas
This topic summarizes the limits and quotas for the Megaport Portal and Megaport services.
Megaport Portal
| Name | Limit |
Adjustable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Activity Log Retention | 6 months | No | The maximum number of days Megaport retains activity logs. To retrieve logs older than 6 months, contact Megaport Support. |
| API Key Token Expiry | The minimum is 5 minutes and the maximum is 24 hours. | No | The expiry period of access tokens ranges from a minimum of 5 minutes to a maximum of 24 hours. |
| API Key Requests | 5 API keys per company | Yes | The maximum number of API keys per company is 5. To change it, contact Megaport Support. |
| API Rate Limits | 500 requests in a rolling 5 minute period per IP address | No | The maximum number of API calls you can make every 5 minutes. |
| Resource Limits per New Customer | 5 x Port 10 x VXC 5 x MCR 5 x MVE 5 x IX |
Yes | The default limits apply per product and per new customer. Contact Megaport Support or your Megaport Account Team with any questions. |
| Session Token Expiry | 8 hours | No | The duration of a session token within the Portal is 8 hours. For custom integrations, you can use API keys to generate tokens that last anywhere from 5 minutes to 24 hours. |
| Service Log Displayed | 100 | No | The maximum number of most recent service log events displayed in the Portal. |
| Users | 100 | No | The maximum number of users you can add per account. |
Port
| Name | Limit | Adjustable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diversity Zones | 2 zones | No | The number of zones available for a Port order at a location with red and blue diversity. |
| LAG | Up to 8 Ports | No | The maximum number of physical Ports you can combine into a single LAG. |
| Number of VXCs per Port | Up to 100 VXCs | No | The maximum number of VXCs per Port. |
Virtual Cross Connect (VXC)
| Name | Limit | Adjustable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rate Limits – Port and MCR | Cannot exceed the speed of the lowest speed Port or MCR | No | This limit also applies to LAGs. |
| Rate Limits – MVE | Determined by the lower of the A-End or B-End rate limits | No | You can adjust the speed as needed after you create the VXC, in increments of 1 Mbps. |
Megaport Internet
| Name | Limit | Adjustable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public IPv4 Addresses | Default /31 | No | The default public IPv4 address prefix size you can use for point-to-point connections, such as those that establish BGP peering on an MCR. |
| Public IPv6 Addresses | Default /64 | No | The default public IPv6 address prefix size you can use for point-to-point connections, such as those that establish BGP peering on an MVE. |
Megaport Cloud Router (MCR)
| Name | Limit | Adjustable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum Number of VXCs per MCR | 25 | No | The limit applies to all types of VXCs connected to an MCR. |
| Maximum Packet Size | 9,074 bytes | No | The Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)IP MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) refers to the largest size (in bytes) of an IP packet that can be sent over a network interface (VXC). Jumbo packets are larger than the standard 1500 bytes (MTU), and are typically used in high-performance networks to reduce overhead and improve efficiency. value of an MCR interface. |
| Maximum Number of Routes | 10,000 | Yes | The recommended maximum number of routes per MCR. This limit applies to the total number of static and dynamic routes that an MCR can manage. Megaport may take action if any issues with neighboring MCRs are caused by routes exceeding 10,000. |
| Maximum Number of Interfaces per VXC | 5 | No | The maximum number of Interfaces per VXC. This refers to the number of Layer 3 interfaces (with IP addresses and BGP sessions or static routes) that you can configure on a single VXC connected to an MCR. |
| IP Addresses per Interface (IPv4 or IPv6) | 5 | No | The maximum number of IP addresses or subnets that can be assigned to a single network interface on an MCR. |
| Maximum Number of Static Routes per Interface | 100 | No | The maximum number of static routes per interface on an MCR. |
| Maximum Number of Static Routes per MCR | 500 | No | The maximum number of static routes per MCR. |
| Maximum Length of a Static Route Description | 100 characters | No | The maximum number of characters for a static route description. |
| Maximum IPv4 NAT Source IP Addresses | 1 | No | The maximum number of source IP addresses that can be used for NAT on an MCR. |
| Maximum Simultaneous Connections with NAT Enabled | 250,000 | No | The maximum number of concurrent, active network sessions that an MCR can manage when NAT is enabled. |
| Maximum Rate of New Connections with NAT Enabled | 1,000 per second | No | The maximum number of new network sessions per second that an MCR can establish and track when NAT is enabled. |
| Maximum Number of BGP Connections per Interface | 5 | No | The maximum number of BGP connections per interface. |
| Maximum Length of a BGP Connection Description | 100 characters | No | The maximum length of the optional Description field for a BGP connection on an MCR. |
| Maximum Length of a BGP Password | 25 characters | No | The maximum length of the BGP Password field, which is used for MD5 authentication. |
| Maximum Number of BGP Peer Filters per BGP Connection | 25 | No | The maximum number of routing policies you can apply to a single BGP peering session. |
| Maximum BGP Connection Multi-exit Discriminator | 4,294,967,295 | No | The maximum number of BGP Connection Multi-exit Discriminator (MED) on an MCR. You can set the MED value to any number from 0 up to the maximum. |
| Maximum Number of AS Path Prepends | 10 | No | The maximum number of times you can intentionally repeat your own ASN in a BGP route advertisement. |
| Maximum Number of Prefix Lists per MCR | 50 | No | The maximum number of distinct prefix filter lists for a single MCR instance. |
| Maximum Number of Entries per Prefix List | 200 | No | The maximum number of entries (prefixes or prefix ranges) each prefix list on an MCR can have. |
| Length of a Prefix List Description | 100 characters | No | The maximum length of the Prefix List Description field. |
| API Maximum Number of Concurrent MCR Looking Glass Requests | 2 | No | The maximum number of concurrent MCR Looking Glass API requests. |
| API Maximum Number of MCR Looking Glass Requests per Day | 200 | No | The maximum daily rate limit of MCR Looking Glass API requests. |
| Packet Filter – Lists | 20 | No | The maximum number of unique packet filter lists a single MCR instance can have. |
| Packet Filter – Entries per List | 50 | No | The maximum number of rules or entries each packet filter list can contain. |
| Packet Filter – Description | 100 characters | No | The maximum number of characters for the optional Description field. |
| Number of VXCs per MCR | 25 | No | The maximum number of VXCs you can connect per MCR. |
Megaport Virtual Edge (MVE)
| Name | Limit |
Adjustable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum Number of vNICs | 1 | No | The minimum number of vNICs on an MVE instance. |
| Maximum Number of vNICs | 5 | No | The maximum number of vNICs on an MVE instance. |
| Number of VXCs per MVE | 2 vCPU = 25 4 vCPU = 25 8 vCPU = 50 16 vCPU = 75 32 vCPU = 75 |
No | The maximum number of VXCs you can connect per MVE is related to the MVE size. |